Lions elusive quarterback Tyler Johnston was a pain to the JCA defense all night. He completed 28 of 50 passes for 364 yards and a touchdown.

Johnston drove St. Viator (2-2, 1-1) to a first down at the Hilltoppers’ 17-yard line midway through the fourth quarter. But the Lions’ Ben Dickey tried to make a big play on a jet sweep, reversing his field twice, and lost 14 yards to effectively end that threat.

The Lions regained possession at their 19 with 2:22 left and were facing a third-and-9 at the 40 of JCA (3-1, 2-0) when Frescura sacked Johnston for an 11-yard loss.

Frescura and Chase Krumviede then applied pressure on the fourth-down play and linebacker Mike Gruben, who was a tackling machine on this night, intercepted the pass to end it.

Borgra scored on a 33-yard run to get JCA back within 24-21 late in the third quarter, and on an 11-yard run with 9:33 left to give the Hilltoppers their 28-24 lead.

Published by The Herald-News/Shaw Media on Friday, September 19, 2014 by Dick Goss